ALSO TODAY: New developments in Indian Day Schools lawsuit — Blair teams up with Ontario minsters for new anti-crime funding reveal — Sohi in Houston for energy confab

Less than 48-hours after embarking on a family getaway to Florida, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back in the capital, where, as per his official itinerary, he’ll spend the day ensconced in otherwise unspecified “private meetings,” which may or may not be focused on filling the cabinet seat vacated by Jane Philpott, who resigned her post as President of the Treasury Board last week over continuing concerns about how the government has responded to alleged attempted political interference in the SNC-Lavalin case.

Given the imminent return to regular parliamentary programming, Trudeau is likely hoping to finalize his pre-election front bench lineup by the end of the week, although it’s worth noting that there’s no requirement that he alert the media to an upcoming swearing-in ceremony: his office could simply put out a press release announcing “changes to the ministry,” as the standard boilerplate text describes it.

In any case, depending on how today’s closed-door discussions unfold, Trudeau could be heading back to Florida as early as this evening, although there’s also a chance that he’ll have to stick around the office while his family vacations without him.

Also out and about in Ottawa today: Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett is promising an “important announcement” on the ongoing legal action against the government by former students of Indian Day Schools, which she’ll reveal during a mid-afternoon appearance at the National Arts Centre alongside a group of class action members, which, in turn, hints at the possibility that a settlement has been reached.

On the Ontario ministerial circuit:

For a second day in a row, Government House Leader Bardish Chagger will tout Team Trudeau’s efforts in her home riding of Waterloo, where she’s set to drop by the Waterloo Region Emergency Services Training Research Centre to unveil new support for “climate action.”

In Aurora, meanwhile, Border Security Minister Bill Blair teams up with Ontario attorney general Carolyn Mulroney and Community Safety Minister Sylvia Jones to outline new funding earmarked for anti-gun-and-gang-violence initiatives during a morning visit to the headquarters of the York district school board.

Small Business Minister Mary Ng continues to survey local proprietors and entrepreneurs during a day trip to Oakville, where she’ll take part in a “fireside chat” with the local chamber of commerce.

Elsewhere in the province, the Senate agriculture committee launches a three-day “fact-finding mission” into the “value-added food sector” with a visit to the University of Guelph, where, as per the notice, they’ll explore how the sector “can continue to meet global consumer demand while remaining competitive in the Canadian market.”

Finally, Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi is off to Houston for CERAWeek 2019, a two-day confab that, according to the notice, “rings together energy industry leaders, experts, government officials and policymakers, leaders from the technology, financial and industrial communities, and energy technology innovators from around the world,” where he’s booked in for an on-stage “panel discussion” with his Brazilian, Columbian and Mexican counterparts, as well as a full deck of one-on-one meetings with other ministers and industry representatives.